Printing-press



5 Sheets-Sheet 1.

(No Model.)

J. T. HAWKINS.

PRINTING PRESS.

Patented Oct. 16, 188.3.

JNVENTOR Z TTORNE Y N PETERS. Pmwlhhognphnr. Wnhingwn. D. I;

(No Model.) 5 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J; T; HAWKINS.

' PRINTING PRESS} No. 286,814. Patented Oct. 16, 1883.

ATTORNEY (No Model.)

V 5 Sheets-Sheet 3. J. T. HAWKINS.

PRINTING PRESS.

Patented Oct. 16', 1883.

ATTORNEY N. versus Phulo-Lilllcgmphen Washington tic (No Model.) 5 Sheets-Sheet 4.

J. T. HAWKINS.

PRINTING PRESS.

No. 286.814. Patented O0t 16, 1883.

ATTORNEY (No Model.) 5 Sheets-Sneet 5.

J. T. HAWKINS.

. PRINTING PRESS. 1 No. 286.814. Patented Oct. 16, 1883..

ATTORNEY short cylinders, and convey it over said de- NITED' STATES PATENT Fries.

JOHN T. HAWKINS, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PRINTING-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 286,814, dated October 16, 1883.

Application filed November 15, 1882. (No model.)

f0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN T. HAWKINS, of" Taunton, in the county of Bristol and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Sheet-Delivering Mechanism for Printing-Presses, which improvement is fully set forth and illustrated in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

The object of the invention is to deliver printed sheets from a cylinder printing-press with their last-printed sides upward in an even pile upon a receiving board or table .without the use of tapes and without contact of the lastprinted side with fly-fingers or anything tending to smut the work, and also to save the space usually occupied by a fiy-table exteriorly to the press, and to leavethe back of the press under the feed-board clear for easy access to the form.

The invention consists of mechanism, specifrcally set forth in the claims, arranged so as to take the sheet from the cylinder-grippers (generally at the back of v the press under the feed-board) by the grippers of a delivery-cylinder, or of aseries of delivery pulleys or livery-pulleys or short cylinders under a pair of pressurewheels until the head of the sheet reaches a position nearly on the bottom of said pulleys or short cylinders, when said head is seized and its motion arrested by a series of oscillating grippers, and by them slowly conveyed downward into proximity to the receiving-board, during which time the tail of the sheet is rolled out from under said pressurewheels, and thereafter spread or flattened out upon the receiving'board by a series of airjets, and the final delivery of the sheet completed by its release by the oscillating grippers, the delivery-pulleys being generally under and the pressurewheels always over unprinted margins or lines through the sheet.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a sectional side elevation, and Fig. 2 an end elevation, of such portions of a cylinder printing-press as are involved in my invention, the section Fig. 1 being taken through line 00 or of Fig. 2. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the machine. Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the machine, taken from the left-hand side of i Fig.

ing and closing of the oscillating grippers. Figs. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 are two detail views each of the several parts of the oscillating gripper mechanism.

In said drawings, the letters A A indicate the side frames, in which is journaled the impression-cylinder B.

-O indicates the feed-board, and D the receiving-board, supporteduponlugs a (1, upon the side frames in such position as to clear the type or form as it runs under it, and generally not extending beyond the other limits of the machine. The shaft E is journaled in the frames A, and carries a series of pulleys or short cylinders, E, adjustably secured to the shaft E by the keyS and set-screws, and two similar end pulleys, E E, permanently secured to the shaft E by suitable keys.

The drawings represent a press whose impression-cylinder makes but one revolution to each impression, and the impression-cylinder B is geared to .the shaft E by the spur-wheels B and E in the proportion of two to one, the cylinder B and pulleys E being of diameters bearing to each other the same proportion. As this'mechanism is adaptable, however, to any of the other well-known forms of cylinder printing-pressesas the two revolution or threerevolution presses-the deliverypulleys may be made of any proportion to the impression-cylinder that may be best suited to the given form or type of press, and geared to each other accordingly, it being only essential that the peripheries of the cylinder B and the pulleys E have equal velocities and that the grippers of the delivery pulleys E shall meet the grippers of cylinder B at their point of nearest approach at each deliveryrevolution of the impression-cylinder B. The usual cylindergrippers, 13*, for seizing the sheet as fed from the feed-board G and conveying it through the impression, are carried upon the shaft B", journaled in the cylinder B, and are operated by the wellknown tumbler-cam B, the openingstud B closing-stud B, and the rod and spring B and B but any other suitable mechanism may be employed therefor. The grippers E one to each of the delivery-pulleys Eare carried upon a gripper-shaft, E, journaled in de- Fig. 5 is an enlarged. elevation, partly "in section, of the mechanism effecting the openlivery-pulleys E and the end pulleys, F? E. On that end of gripper-shaft E which is journaled in the end pulley, E is secured a lever, E, carrying on one of its arms a roller, E its other arm serving as a stop against the inside of the rim of the end pulley, E, and attached to which is a rod, E, and spring E, for closing the grippers, as allowed by the cam A and roller Attached to one frame, A, adjoining the end pulley, Ff, is a cam, A", (shown in Fig. 2, and

g in dotted outline in Fig. 3,) of proper shape and position to open and close the grippers E at the proper points and maintain them open between opening and closing, as hereinafter described. The cam A being stationary, and pulleys E E making two revolutions to one of cylinder B, a gap, F, is cast or formed in that part of the cylinder B opposite the grip per-edge not within the impressionsurface, to allow the grippers E to pass into it on the nondelivery revolution of the pulleys E. XVhere desirable, however, the cam A may be made movable and in parts, so as to cause the grippers E to open only on each second revolution. The parts so far described are well known and form no part of my invention, except the position of the receiving-board in relation to the mechanism about to be described.

G is a stretcher-rod secured to the frames A I A, having adjustably secured thereto two or more arms, G, each carrying a small pressure-roller, G". Two of the pulleys E are to be so placed as to lie under the unprinted edges or margins of the sheet and the pressure-pulleys G so as to rest upon the back of the sheet and to press sufficiently upon the same parts of the sheet as to hold it from dropping from under them byits own weight while being held by its head edge by the oscillating grippers, as hereinafter shown. Any two of the pulleys E may thus be placed under the margins of the sheet and the others carried between them, as shown, or not, as may best suit the work and paper. The shaft H, journaled in the frames A A, carries three arms, H. H is a small shaft carried in the arms H, having adj ustably secured thereto, and forming the upper jaw of a series of oscillating grippers, the arms H The tail ends it of the arms H rest upon shaft Hto fix their position. At the jaw ends of arms H is a flanged V-shaped notch, it, cut away on the under side at the center to admit of the entrance of arms H", forming the under jaw of the series of oscillating grippers. The shaft H is j ournaled in the arms H, having adj ustably secured thereto the arms H The arms H are keyed or otherwise secured permanently to the shaft H, and the shaft H is also permanently secured in arms H, but the shaft H works freely in the arms H, as hereinafter shown. The shaft H has secured to it at its end outside of the frame A, at the left, Fig. 2, an arm, I, and pivoted to it is a connecting-rod, I, which in turn is pivoted to a lever, 1', whose lower end is pivoted upon a stud, I, projecting from the frame A. The upper end of the lever 1 carries a roller, 1*, engaging a cam, 1 secured to the axis of cylinder B. A spring, I, with one end secured to the lever P and the other to a stud, I projecting from the side frame, A, serves to keep the roller I in contact with the cam I, and cam I is so shaped as to give to the shaft H and its attachments the necessary oscillating motion and to hold it in the positions at rest at either extreme the necessary time.

Pivoted loosely upon the shaft H is an arm, j, carrying upon one of its edges two notches, j 3' and secured to the shaft H is a doublearmed lever, j, whose shorter arm engages the notches j j of the arm Said armis held in contact with the short arm of the leverj by a spring, j, fastened to the hub of H, and projecting under a shoulder, j, of the armj. The notches in arm j are so placed that when the short arm of j" is in notch j the jaws H and t of arm H are in contact; but whenin notch j of arm j the jaw H is open, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. The shaft H has upon its right-hand end, Fig. 2, a spring, j, and collar so adjusted as to tend to rotate the shaft H and its jaws H in the direction to close and hold closed the jaws H upon the jaws t of arms H.

Pivoted loosely upon shaft H is an arm, K,

carrying upon its opposite end a counter weight, K. Upon a stud, K projecting from the inside of frame A, is a bell-crank lever, K whose vertical arm engages the under side of the counterweight K of lever K, and whose horizontal arm forms a counter-weight to keep it in position upon the stop-pin K, projecting from frame A, except when lifted from it by the action of lever K K. Upon the edge of the cylinder B, in proper position to operate the lever K at the right time to open the jaws H, is a pin, K which engages the end of the lever K, which in turn moves the vertical arm of the lever K and this latter, in the position shown in Fig. l, engages the long arm of lever f, throwing the short arm from notch j to notch j of leverj, and leaving the j aws H open, as held by notch j of lever j. Upon the passage of pin K past the point of lever K the counter-balance forming the horizontal arm of lever K, being the heavier of the two, brings the levers again in position, with K resting upon the stop-pin K, and the counter-balance K of lever K resting upon the vertical arm of the lever K The object of this construction of the levers K and K is that, should the press be turned backward, the pin K engaging the upper side of lever K, the latter will be free to rotate out of the way without fracture of any of the parts and be returned to its proper position by the counter-weight K.

Secured to the face of end pulley, E is a pin, L, which, when the parts are in the'position shown in Fig. 5, engages the free end of lever j, and allows the spring j to close the 'aws H by causin the short arm of lever v t a .7

to pass from notch j to notch j. Simultaneously with this the roller E, by engaging the cam A opens the delivery-grippers E, and the edge of the paper, having passed into the flanged V-shaped notch t of arm H is firmly grasped by the jaws H and held, by means of springj, until again released by the action of pin K upon lever K, after the arms H and their attached mechanism reach the lower position shown in Fig. 1. Thus K upon K and K upon the long arm of j operate to again open them by causing the short arm of j to pass from notch j to notch j of lever j.

P indicates avalveless air-pump with a single acting plunger. (Shown in dotted lines, Fig. 1.) To said plunger is articulated the connecting-rod P, which is likewise articulated at its other end to the free end of a sec- 0nd lever, P pivoted at its lower end upon the stud I. The lever P carries a roller, P, which engages a cam, P", secured to the axis of cylinder 13. The spring P serves the same purpose for the lever P as spring I does for the lever-P, and is secured to the same stud P. The pipe P leads from the bottom of the pump P to a pipe, P extending from frame to frame A A, and secured thereto. At proper intervals. and in such position as to project streams of air in a nearly horizontal direction, small jet-tubes P are inserted in the pipe P By the mechanism just described jets of air are at the proper time projected from j et-tubes P by means of the cam P, and thespring P, by causing the roller P to fall to the lower part of cam P, allows the pump P to refill itself through the jet-tubes P The deliverypulleys E may be made in the form of a continuous cylinder, with suitable gaps out in it for the entrance of the jaw t of lever H if thought more suitable for special kinds of work.

The cylinder grippers 13 take the sheet from the feed-board O, holding it until released, at

the position shown in Fig. 1, by the action of the openingstud B and tumbler-cam B. At this point the grippers E of the deliverywheels E reach the proper position, and through the cam A and spring 'E close upon the paper, the grippers l3 and being so spaced across the press as to pass each other. The grippers E now carry the head of the sheet to the position shown in Fig. 5, the pressa lire-wheels Gr holding the sheet in contact with the two of pulleys E, which may have been placed under the unprinted margin of the sheet. the position shown in Fig. 5 the roller E enters upon the cam A and opens the grippers E Simultaneously the roller L on end pulley, Et, engages the free end of the lever j, causing the short arm of lever j to pass from notch j into notch j, and allowing spring j to .close the arms or grippers H upon the upper sides of the V-shaped notches t of the arms H the head of the sheet having simultaneously passed into the V-shaped notch t of the Upon the arrival of the grippers E at arm H", its end motion being arrested thereby. At this juncture the roller I commences to pass from the depression in the cam 1, cans ing the shaft H to carry its attached mechanism slowly downward toward the receivingboard D, while the sheet is rolled out at a much faster rate from between the marginpulleys E and pressure-wheels G bringing the sheet into some such position as indicated by the dotted lines S Fig. 1. part of cam 1 holds the head of the sheet in this position until the tail has passed from under the pressure-wheels G Just as the tail of the sheet has passed from under said pressure-wheels the cam P causes the air-pump P, through the mechanism already described, to force jets of air against the suspended sheet,

spreading it out flat upon the receivingboard D, grippers E having meanwhile passed by cylinder B on the non-delivery revolution and entered the gap F, (as opened by the cam A The concentric part of cam I is long enough to hold the head of the sheet at rest a sufficient time, with the oscillating grippers in the position shown in Fig. 1, to allow the sheet to be entirely spread out upon the receiving-board,

as indicated by the dotted lines 3, Fig. 1. At this time the pin K reaches the lever K, and, as before, trips the jaws or grippers H open by throwing the short arm of lever 9' from notchj to notch j of lever j, and immediately thereafter the roller 1" begins to pass toward the low part of cam 1 allowing the spring I to bring the oscillating grippers again to the position shown in Fig. 5 to receive the next sheet, the air-pump P having meanwhile be- The concentric come refilled preparatory to the expulsion of air for spreading the next sheet.

Having thus fully described my said invention, I do not claim any part of the mechanism above described by means of which the sheet is taken from the impression-cylinder B by a series of grippers, E upon delivery-pulleys E, or that for opening and closing the grippers used, as such mechanisms are well known; but,

As of my invention, I claim- 1. In acylinder printing-press, in combination with its impression-cylinder and an auxiliary delivery cylinder or cylinders provided with grippers for taking the head of the sheet from the impression-cylinder, a series of oscillating grippers situated under the. delivery IIO" cylinder or cylinders for taking the sheets therefrom, whereby the head of the sheet is grasped by said grippers, arrested in its motion, conveyed downward in proximity to a receivingboard, and held until the sheet is suitably flattened out thereon, when its head cylinder or cylinders for taking the sheets therefrom, and means for forcinga series of air-jets over or upon the sheet, as described, whereby the head of the sheet is grasped by said grippers, arrested in its motion, conveyed downward in proximity to a receiving-board, and held until the sheet is spread or flattened out thereon by said air-jets, when its head is released to complete the sheets delivery, sub stantially as set forth.

8. In a cylinder printing-press, in combina tion with its impression-cylinder and an auxiliary delivery cylinder or cylinders provided with grippers for taking the head of the sheet from the impression-cylinder, a series of oscillating grippers situated under the delivery cylinder or cylinders for taking the sheets therefrom, means for forcing a series of airjets over or upon the sheet, as described, and a series of pressure-pulleys running upon said delivery cylinder 01" cylinders, all arranged, combined, and operating in the manner described, for the purposes set forth.

4. In aprinting-press, a series of oscillating grippers constructed with an upper jaw formed into a wide flanged V-shaped groove, serving as a stop to the progress of the sheet, and with alower jaw as a narrow finger to en ter a slot of the lower flange of the V-shaped upper jaw, whereby the paper is clamped between said narrow finger and the upper side of said \l-shaped jaw, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. The mechanism for opening and closing the oscillating grippers, consisting of the notched lever j, levers j, K, K, and K, the pin K and roller L, and springs j j and stoppin K, all operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

J OHN T. HA\VKINS.

Vitnesses:

Jos. R. TALLMAN, ELISHA T. J ACKSON. 

